PERIPHERICAL TISSUE SAMPLE CONTAINING CELLS EXPRESSING THE 5HTR2C AND/OR ADARS AS MARKERS OF THE ALTERATION OF THE MECHANISM OF THE 5HTR2C MRNA EDITING AND ITS APPLICATIONS

摘要

The present invention relates to an in vitro method for predicting a pathology related to an alteration of the mechanism of the mRNA editing of ADAR dependent A to I mRNA editing, particularly the serotonin 2C receptor (5HTR2C), in a patient from a peripherical tissue sample containing cells expressing said mRNA, such as the 5HTR2C mRNA, and/or adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs), such as skin and/or blood tissue sample. The present invention further comprises a method for identifying if an agent is capable of in vivo modifying the editing of the 5HTR2C mRNA in brain tissue or to control the efficiency of a drug intended to prevent or to treat a pathology related to an alteration of the mechanism of the 5HTR2C mRNA editing brain tissue, these methods comprising the implementation of said peripherical tissue markers. In a particular aspect, the present invention relates to such methods wherein the 5HTR2C mRNA editing rate or profile, when it is necessary, is determined by a single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) method after amplification by a PCR, preferably by a nested PCR, of the specific mRNA fragment containing the edition sites, making it possible, under given analytical conditions, to obtain the editing rate and/or profile of this edited 5HTR2C mRNA from said peripherical tissue. Finally the invention relates to particular nucleic acid primers implemented in said nested PCR.